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Facebook announced details on its virtual reality future, with Mark Zuckerberg (CEO) confirming that the Oculus Rift release date will be some time in early 2016. Market analysts offered varied reactions to how Zuckerberg described the expected—gradual—growth of the VR headset. “This is going to grow slowly, like computers and mobile phones when they first arrived,” Zuckerberg…
To Facebook, We Are All LAB RATS Facebook routinely adjusts its users’ news feeds — testing out the number of ads they see or the size of photos that appear — often without their knowledge. It is all for the purpose, the company says, of creating a more alluring and useful product. But last week, Facebook…
Spoiler Alert: Virtual Reality Could Be The Next Big Thing After Mobile “When you put on the goggles, it’s different from anything I have ever experienced in my life!” Zuckerberg described his first time using the VR headset as revelatory Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly instigated the deal. “Strategically we want to start building…
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The ubiquity of social media and the ever increasing amount of time spent on social media is shown in this excellent infographic from Socially Aware. I DEFINITELY find myself spending more time on social media as a way to connect, communicate, and participate. How about you? Click to enlarge
How are new digital technologies changing how teachers teach and students learn? Network & Internet Security company Enterasys published the following Infographic based on a recent survey. How do the results compare against YOUR institution? Digital Technology in Education: Adoption Rates of New Styles of K-12 Teaching Here’s a quick list of their findings: 21% Currently…